Monday, August 18, 2008

Even the most experienced cook sometimes gets stuck in a boring culinary rut. I'm pretty good at making my meals interesting, but I've had a bad habit recently of sticking to the same old veggies. Broccoli, spinach, asparagus, carrots, cucumber, rocket, various salad greens, parsnip, cauliflower, tomatoes, capsicum, bok choy, mushrooms, onions of various kinds ....there are a few others, but those are the mainstay of our meals. And, as the saying goes: variety is the spice of life.

Last weekend I threw in some cabbage, previously I've reignited my love affair with parsnips and discovered the delights of cauliflower mashed with brown butter. But it's not enough. I want MORE. Enter Veggie Quest 2008....

The challenge: to try one new veggie each week.

This week's featured veggie: fennel

I shall report back on my adventure with the aniseed-flavoured one, so stay tuned.

Totally on a tangent but I never know whether to type veges or veggies? It drives me crazy ... Oh and the whole baking thing - baked brussel sprouts, hated them boiled and now I love them all crunchy on the outside. Speaking of crunchy some of my spinach in my frittata got all crispy under the griller tonight - YUM!